Chapter 34: Takahashi VS Sanada

On the tennis court.

Takahashi stood where he was and took a deep look at Sanada.

This power, it was actually this strong!

Truly worthy of being one of the Rikkai Big Three.

His strength was indeed formidable!

Takahashi also began to get serious.

"Bang!"

Takahashi was faster, arriving at the tennis ball's landing spot and successfully making a Return.

"Bang!"

Takahashi felt that with every rally, the power on the tennis ball was growing greater.

He began to wait in place.

He only ran over quickly when the tennis ball was about to land.

Holding the racket with both hands, he used the momentum brought by his run to Return the tennis ball.

"What a clever approach!"

Yukimura, watching from the side, couldn't help but praise him.

"Indeed, since his own power is insufficient, he is borrowing the power brought by the running momentum to return the ball," Yanagi Renji replied.

"It's not just that; his grasp of the timing is extremely precise!"

"Sanada's ball speed is not something an ordinary person can keep up with; he not only keeps up, but he also leaves himself a second of time to sprint!"

"I haven't seen him for a month, and his strength seems to have increased significantly!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The power on the tennis ball was getting greater and greater.

Not just Takahashi, even Sanada felt it.

The difficulty of returning the ball was increasing.

Finally.

Sanada could not withstand the weight of the tennis ball, and the tennis racket in his hand fell straight to the ground.

"15-15!"

"Takahashi scores!"

After losing a point, Sanada's expression changed.

This guy, his strength really has improved!

In just one month, both his speed and power have increased.

And in such a short amount of time, he was able to think of using the impact force brought by running to Return a Power Ball.

This mental fortitude is truly strong!

He is not affected by the pressure of the match in the slightest!

Sanada decided that he would also get serious.

Takahashi felt his own wrist.

As expected, wearing 10-kilogram wrist weights, the flexibility of his wrist had decreased quite a bit.

However, after the time it took for those last two balls, he had basically adapted.

To not even take off his wrist weights during the Internal Selection Tournament, Sanada really is a ruthless person!

"Bang!"

Takahashi's figure moved rapidly; he turned his wrist slightly, raised his arm, and successfully made a Return.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Feeling the spin and speed on the tennis ball.

Takahashi understood that Sanada had already given up on increasing the power on the tennis ball and was continuously increasing the speed of the tennis ball instead.

Takahashi held the racket with both hands and began to continuously add power to the tennis ball!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Seizing the opportunity, Takahashi leaped high into the air and, utilizing the impact force generated by his descent, used all the strength in his body to swing the racket in his hand.

The tennis ball bounced around in the air with extremely irregular movement.

In an instant.

The original 1 tennis ball.

Turned into 10!

"What!"

"How can there be so many tennis balls?"

The crowd exclaimed.

"Pop!"

The 10 tennis balls changed back into 1, landed, and then bounced up.

"15-30!"

The most shocked was Sanada.

He watched with his own eyes as the tennis ball turned into 10 in the air, and turned back into 1 the moment it landed.

He stood where he was, not moving an inch, his brows furrowed!

There was only 1 tennis ball.

Then the remaining 9 were all illusions.

It was just that the illusion was actually this realistic.

It left him unable to distinguish, let alone return it.

"This is actually like the signature move of one of the former Kyushu Twin Heroes, Tachibana Kippei—Explosive Ball Dance."

Yanagi Renji, who specialized in collecting data, said to Yukimura beside him.

"Hmm, I didn't expect that in just a short month, his progress would be so great that he could even pull off this move."

"Sanada is going to have a headache!"

Yukimura said indifferently.

Even so, he had great confidence in Sanada, believing he would certainly be able to successfully return it.

This was the strength of Rikkai's "Emperor"!

"Bang!"

"15-40!"

"Bang!"

"0-1!"

"Takahashi scores!"

"It seems this Takahashi really has some skills, to actually take a game from the Vice Captain."

"Sure enough, Rikkai is not lacking in geniuses. Daring to challenge the Vice Captain, he truly has the strength."

"Do you think the Vice Captain will lose?"

"Of course not, how powerful is the Vice Captain's strength! Just being able to take a game from the Vice Captain is something that already makes one very proud!"

"Well said, we still have to keep working hard!"

The other team members watching the match began to discuss.

The second game was Takahashi's Serve.

"Vice Captain, I think after the previous few balls, you should have already seen through the essence of that move just now."

"Rest assured, I won't change my move; I'll give you a chance to break it!"

Takahashi held the tennis ball in his hand and said indifferently.

Afterwards, he tossed the tennis ball upward; the tennis ball drew a curved arc in the air, and the tennis ball itself was also constantly spinning.

Takahashi pulled his arm back, waited for the tennis ball to fall, swung his arm with force, and his whole body rotated to the left following the momentum.

Beside the court.

Yanagi Renji said in surprise: "What does he mean?"

"This is his service game!"

"Could it be that he can do it right from the serve?"

Then, he saw the tennis ball streak rapidly through the air, leaving behind trails of yellow.

"Tap tap!"

Sanada ran quickly.

However.

After the tennis ball landed, it spun violently on the spot.

Just by looking at the tennis ball, one could imagine how great the power contained within it was.

Sanada held his racket with both hands, ready and waiting for the moment the tennis ball bounced up.

A strange change occurred!

At the same time the tennis ball bounced up.

A dozen or so tennis balls appeared.

They shot off in different directions.

Sanada stood where he was, without making a single move!

"15-0!"

"Takahashi scores!"

An ace on the Serve.

The opponent was actually the Tennis Club Vice Captain, Sanada Genichiro.

The crowd watching around them fell silent.

Unbelievable!

Incredible!

The same look also appeared in the eyes of Yanagi Renji, who was also one of the Three Giants.

"To think he could create an illusion just by using his Serve!"

"This is probably even more formidable than Tachibana Kippei!"

"I couldn't tell he possessed such powerful strength!"

Yanagi Renji was extremely shocked.

In the previous game, while returning the tennis ball, the speed and power were constantly stacking.

Hitting an Explosive Ball Dance could be considered going with the flow.

It had difficulty, but not much!

However, the Serve.

It relied entirely on the speed and power he applied to the tennis ball himself.

To make the tennis ball have the same transformation.

The difficulty increases geometrically!

"The power isn't that great; he borrowed the spin!"

Yukimura said.

"When he tosses the tennis ball, the trajectory he creates is an arc, not a straight line, which is how he applies spin to the ball."

"Plus, the speed of this ball is extremely fast."

"Speed combined with spin gives the tennis ball time in the air to accumulate enough impact force, which is why it creates an illusion after landing."

"It's not purely about power."

"Compared to power, this technique of his is even more alarming!"

As he spoke, a faint smile hung on Yukimura's lips.

"Our Rikkai has produced a peerless genius!"